Jeremiah 5:26
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New Living Translation (© 2007)
"Among my people are wicked men who lie in wait for victims like a hunter hiding in a blind. They continually set traps to catch people.

King James Bible
For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.

American Standard Version
For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.

Young's Literal Translation
For the wicked have been found among My people. It looketh about the covering of snares, They have set up a trap -- men they capture.

Jeremiah 5:26 Additional Translations
Wesley's Notes on the Bible

5:26 They catch - Such a trap did Jezebel lay for Naboth, 1Kings 21:9,10. Such an one was that conspiracy of more than forty men against Paul, Acts 23:13 - 15.

Jeremiah 5:26 Parallel Commentaries
Birds Capture Catch Covering Found Fowlers Lie Lurk Net Sinners Snare Snares Stoop Trap Traps Wait Watch Watching Wicked
Birds Capture Catch Covering Found Fowlers Lie Lurk Net Sinners Snare Snares Stoop Trap Traps Wait Watch Watching Wicked
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Psalm 10:9 Like lions crouched in hiding, they wait to pounce on the helpless. Like hunters they capture the helpless and drag them away in nets.
Proverbs 1:11 They may say, "Come and join us. Let's hide and kill someone! Just for fun, let's ambush the innocent!
Isaiah 32:7 The smooth tricks of scoundrels are evil. They plot crooked schemes. They lie to convict the poor, even when the cause of the poor is just.
Jeremiah 9:8 For their tongues shoot lies like poisoned arrows. They speak friendly words to their neighbors while scheming in their heart to kill them.
Jeremiah 18:20 Should they repay evil for good? They have dug a pit to kill me, though I pleaded for them and tried to protect them from your anger.
Jeremiah 18:22 Let screaming be heard from their homes as warriors come suddenly upon them. For they have dug a pit for me and have hidden traps along my path.
Micah 6:10 What shall I say about the homes of the wicked filled with treasures gained by cheating? What about the disgusting practice of measuring out grain with dishonest measures?